Ike hatch

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Isaac Flower "Ike" Hatch (* 1891 in New York City , † December 26, 1961 in London ) was an American jazz and vaudeville musician ( vocals , banjo ) who celebrated his greatest successes in England in the 1930s.

Live and act

Hatch studied singing with Abbie Mitchell and Gabrielle Sibelle; he had his first appearances in vaudeville . In March 1919, he won first prize in a competition held by a music publisher. As a banjo player, he recorded with WC Handy ’s Memphis Blues Band (" Beale Street Blues ") and performed with Wilbur Sweatman at the Eltinge Theater. In the same year he also took up the song "Lucy" (with piano accompaniment) with William Farrell.

First in a duo with the singer and pianist Elliott Carpenter , from 1930 under his own name ( Ike "Yowse Suh" Hatch and His Harlem Stompers or The Dynamic Funster ) he recorded a number of titles for Regal-Zonophone and in London from 1925 to 1940 Odeon , mostly humorous numbers like "I Want a Little Lovin '" ( Harry Warren ), "What Did I Tell Ya" ( Buddy DeSylva / Walter Donaldson ) and the Andy Razaf number "Yes-Suh", in the 1930s -Years also some popular jazz standards of the time like " Dinah ", " Georgia On My Mind ", " When It's Sleepy Time Down South ", " Lady, Be Good " and " Ain't Misbehavin ' ". In a Pathé music film, accompanied by Carpenter, he performed the two songs “Lawd You Made the Night Too Long” and “The Rhythm's OK in Harlem” in the Minstrel tradition. In 1935 he acquired the Shim Sham Club , in which he also performed. In the post-war period he continued to work as manager of London nightclubs.

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  1. ↑ Note from DAHR
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz Discography (online)
personal data
SURNAME Hatch, Ike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hatch, Isaac Flower
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and vaudeville musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1961
Place of death London